Montfrooij Posted at 4-10 11:50
Yeah, it's uplifting for sure.
PS, I just finished recording a new one.
The new sound that was added to my stage keyboard with the last update gave me some inspiration.

Was that the Roland MC-707 // Dawless is more video?  Or have you not released the new one yet?

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-10 11:58
My pleasure Peter.  

All you can do is keep at it and hope for the best.  I'll help as much as I can with the view hours.

Exactly.
Just keep making the content.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-10 12:00
Was that the Roland MC-707 // Dawless is more video?  Or have you not released the new one yet?

This was a new one, I still have to edit it.
And there is one more waiting.
Trying to keep my buffer filled.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-10 22:48
Exactly.
Just keep making the content.

The good news is you seem to really enjoy making your videos and I'm sure others have learned from them which is an added bonus.  

Montfrooij Posted at 4-10 22:49
This was a new one, I still have to edit it.
And there is one more waiting.
Trying to keep my buffer filled.

Keeping the buffer full sounds like a viable plan.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-11 03:20
The good news is you seem to really enjoy making your videos and I'm sure others have learned from them which is an added bonus.

That is the win - win I'm after for sure.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-11 03:21
Keeping the buffer full sounds like a viable plan.

Absolutely.
I am planning some more technical videos as well, but they require much more preparation and are more difficult to produce.
But I am up for the challenge.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-11 03:45
That is the win - win I'm after for sure.

Yes, no doubt about it being a win - win situation.  

Montfrooij Posted at 4-11 03:46
Absolutely.
I am planning some more technical videos as well, but they require much more preparation and are more difficult to produce.
But I am up for the challenge.

Just another project competing for your limited time.  Keep at it Peter as it will be well worth the effort.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-11 13:33
Yes, no doubt about it being a win - win situation.

I have 2 videos in the buffer, so it's ok if it takes a bit longer now.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-11 22:44
I have 2 videos in the buffer, so it's ok if it takes a bit longer now.

Always nice to have something in reserve.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-12 03:14
Always nice to have something in reserve.

Yeah, gives me some time to work on new stuff.
Unfortunately the watch hours really dip in between videos. So it is tempting to publish more than one a week, but so far the videos did not do very well when I did that.
Could be the video's subject, but also because it was 'too much'.
I'm not sure.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-12 04:06
Yeah, gives me some time to work on new stuff.
Unfortunately the watch hours really dip in between videos. So it is tempting to publish more than one a week, but so far the videos did not do very well when I did that.
Could be the video's subject, but also because it was 'too much'.

That's a tough one to figure out.  You don't want to over saturate the channel but on the other hand you want to keep subscribers returning regularly. Kind of as hard as walking a tight rope over a canyon.   

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-12 14:08
That's a tough one to figure out.  You don't want to over saturate the channel but on the other hand you want to keep subscribers returning regularly. Kind of as hard as walking a tight rope over a canyon.

Absolutely.
Today the total went down a little, so it is 2 steps ahead, 1 back.
I will just use the buckshot method I think.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-13 07:26
Absolutely.
Today the total went down a little, so it is 2 steps ahead, 1 back.
I will just use the buckshot method I think.

Part of that going down may have been me as I was off the boat quite a bit yesterday and wasn't on the channel streaming.  I'm back at it again to day so hope the number climb back up.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-13 12:30
Part of that going down may have been me as I was off the boat quite a bit yesterday and wasn't on the channel streaming.  I'm back at it again to day so hope the number climb back up.

That is an interesting observation.
I still have to see the numbers from yesterday, YT is always one day behind with these reports.
I did try and watch my own videos, but I have to be careful with that.
Youtube does somehow check if the views are 'valid' and will punish channels that make false views.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-13 22:58
That is an interesting observation.
I still have to see the numbers from yesterday, YT is always one day behind with these reports.
I did try and watch my own videos, but I have to be careful with that.

I usually play one of your playlists in one browser tab and open a 2nd playlist in another tab so I hope that doesn't violate any YT rules and make the views invalid.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 03:20
I usually play one of your playlists in one browser tab and open a 2nd playlist in another tab so I hope that doesn't violate any YT rules and make the views invalid.

I honestly don't know.
They are not very clear about this (which I understand)

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 12:10
I honestly don't know.
They are not very clear about this (which I understand)

Well I'll just keep at it and hope it is working.  

Hope you had a great day Peter.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-14 12:23
Well I'll just keep at it and hope it is working.  

Hope you had a great day Peter.

I'm sure it will work out one day.
Just have to keep at it.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-14 12:57
I'm sure it will work out one day.
Just have to keep at it.

Persistence does pay off in the long run.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-15 02:33
Persistence does pay off in the long run.

I think so.
Just recorded (not edited yet) a talking video.
It's a different thing, difficult even, but I want to explore that more.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-15 13:03
I think so.
Just recorded (not edited yet) a talking video.
It's a different thing, difficult even, but I want to explore that more.

You are much braver than me when it comes to producing a video with talking narrative.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-16 04:45
You are much braver than me when it comes to producing a video with talking narrative.

The one I recorded yesterday (rendering as we speak) was interesting to make.
Once you get going, it's not so bad actually.
It is just a lot of work.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-16 04:58
The one I recorded yesterday (rendering as we speak) was interesting to make.
Once you get going, it's not so bad actually.
It is just a lot of work.

No doubt it is a tremendous amount of work and time to produce.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-16 05:11
No doubt it is a tremendous amount of work and time to produce.

Yeah, I just hope it pays in the long run and does not confuse YT into pushing the 'other' type of videos to the wrong audience.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-16 06:26
Yeah, I just hope it pays in the long run and does not confuse YT into pushing the 'other' type of videos to the wrong audience.

Yeah that is always a possibility with YT's AI and logarithm.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-17 02:30
Yeah that is always a possibility with YT's AI and logarithm.

So far the daily dip in hours did pop up this morning.
So I went down a tad.
Which is the step back I assume.
But I did publish my hard jam yesterday, so that should (hopefully) compensate a little.

I'm getting close, but also still quite far away if YT does not push me enough, which is the frustrating part, since the popular (nonsense) channels get 100K+ views with copy pasted videos.
Apparently that is what people like to watch.....

Montfrooij Posted at 4-17 03:18
So far the daily dip in hours did pop up this morning.
So I went down a tad.
Which is the step back I assume.

I watched the Hard Trance Jam this morning.  Great job on it.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-17 10:36
I watched the Hard Trance Jam this morning.  Great job on it.

Thanks a lot.
I'm curious about tomorrow to see if the total went up.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-17 11:26
Thanks a lot.
I'm curious about tomorrow to see if the total went up.

I sure hope it does.  I've been streaming your playlists for at least 2 hours today.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-17 11:33
I sure hope it does.  I've been streaming your playlists for at least 2 hours today.

So far so good, small step ahead.
If you look at the big picture, I'm almost there.
I'm recording statistics (of course) and at the current rate, I should be at 4000h somewhere end of July .
If I can keep this pace up
I hope my talking video's will do well, because I have a couple of subjects in mind that I can cover.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-17 22:24
So far so good, small step ahead.
If you look at the big picture, I'm almost there.
I'm recording statistics (of course) and at the current rate, I should be at 4000h somewhere end of July .

Slow and steady is sometimes the best way.  I think the talking videos are a very good idea.

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-18 02:57
Slow and steady is sometimes the best way.  I think the talking videos are a very good idea.

Yeah, that is usually the best.
If you can pair it with patience.

I just finished editing one yesterday, so it will be released if I can't hold my breath any longer

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-18 02:57
Slow and steady is sometimes the best way.  I think the talking videos are a very good idea.

PS, just noticed quite a jump up again. Somehow they keep changing this update frequency.
Or at least, I have not figured out the update scheme yet for the analytics.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-18 03:00
Yeah, that is usually the best.
If you can pair it with patience.

No doubt about patience be a virtue.  

Good to hear you got another one ready to go.  I'll keep an eye out for it.  Got to head out for physical therapy soon so I did some streaming this AM and I'll do some more streaming again this afternoon.  

Montfrooij Posted at 4-18 03:01
PS, just noticed quite a jump up again. Somehow they keep changing this update frequency.
Or at least, I have not figured out the update scheme yet for the analytics.

If you are able to figure out the YT analytics and logarithms you are a genius.  

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-18 03:04
No doubt about patience be a virtue.  

Good to hear you got another one ready to go.  I'll keep an eye out for it.  Got to head out for physical therapy soon so I did some streaming this AM and I'll do some more streaming again this afternoon.

Yeah it's a matter of a 'long breath' as they call in Dutch.

Have fun at the PT. (I hope it can be considered as fun)

DowntownRDB Posted at 4-18 03:05
If you are able to figure out the YT analytics and logarithms you are a genius.

I'm quite sure I won't.
But I'll report back if I do.

Montfrooij Posted at 4-18 04:43
Yeah it's a matter of a 'long breath' as they call in Dutch.

Have fun at the PT. (I hope it can be considered as fun)

Now that I have zero pain while doing the physical therapy it is almost fun.  Good thing is I've met some interesting characters at the physical therapy center.